Villa Pauline Retreat and Spiritual Center offers a variety of retreats and programs to Lay women and men, Religious women and men, Priests, and anyone desiring to deepen their relationship with God.

A registration form is provided for each retreat and program which can be printed and mailed. Please be sure to make checks payable to Villa Pauline Retreat and Spiritual Center. Program and Retreat registrations are non-transferable/non-refundable.

For more inforamtion you can call Sister Carol Makravitz at 570-704-9903.

[Please note: Some Preached Retreats will be given in the Motherhouse and our Sisters will be attending, You may stay at Villa Pauline but will need to walk a short distance to the Motherhouse for conferences and meals.]

The retreat will focus on those moments of our past and those of our present time in dealing with aging and illness and how they help us to be in touch with the power and presence of God. At the center will be the Easter candle and the symbols of the five wounds of Jesus to help us see our “sacred wounds” in life and how they help us find and bring new life to others.

Our Holy Father Francis has invited the Church to reflect on the mystery of marital and family life and love in his Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, The Joy of Love. This retreat will focus on religious life as a unique expression of the joy of love. Through an exploration of the scriptural foundations of discipleship, the witness of holy women in the life of the church, and the manner in which our vows enable us to live in true freedom, this retreat will focus on the joy to which God calls us and longs to bestow upon us as religious who love and serve him in the heart of the Church.

PREACHED RETREAT: August 8-14, 2019 Villa Theme: Friendship with God -- A Spirituality for Religious Life in the 21st Century Facilitator: Paul R. Fagan, CP, D.Min.

This retreat will explore the tradition of friendship with God as found in Scripture, in the history of Christianity and in religious life. It will consider the marks of friendship, in particular, benevolence, mutuality, becoming another self for the other and what it means when the friend is God.

The focus of this retreat is a person’s relationship with God. Scripture, prose, poetry and other materials are offered for prayer and reflection. Retreatants will have the opportunity to meet daily with a spiritual director for guidance, discernment and affirmation in developing a deeper and richer relationship with God. Daily Eucharistic Liturgy, Reconciliation and optional evening prayer will be available. This six day Ignatian directed retreat is an invitation to reflect on how we are meeting God in our prayer and in our life experiences.

The full Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola is an individually directed live-in retreat made over thirty days. In an atmosphere of prayerful silence you will have sabbatical time for meditation, reflection and liturgy. The dates given include the preparation days before the 30-day retreat and the reflection days at its conclusion. There will be rest or repose days built into the retreat. Cost: $2,000 all inclusive. Applications due by May 1, 2019. Call the Spiritual Center [973-543 9058] for an Application Form or email steresaskier@gmail.com requesting a form.

19th ANNOTATION of the SPIRITUAL EXERCISES The 19th Annotation of the Spiritual Exercises is a profound and transformative retreat experience that is made over a period of nine months in daily life. The Exercises are organized around four “weeks” as they were originally given during the structure of a 30 day retreat. St. Ignatius himself found that many people could not, because of family or business reasons, take thirty days off, leave home, and go away for a retreat. So he created an adaptation of the Exercises, which would be extended over a period of time. This is what is known as the 19th Annotation. September 2019--May 2020 $750—$1400 sliding scale. To register call S Teresa at 201-602-2235 or S Carol at 570-704-9903 to register or for more information. Register by August 1, 2019.